Caroline Kennedy

“Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.”

“After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.”

“People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.”

“When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.”

“Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.”

“There are many ways to serve.”

“I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.”

“I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.”

“Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.”

“I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.”

“The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.”

“I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.”

“Falling in love is a series of moments in which the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Those moments are not continuous, but the sense of union with another person is just about the best thing there is.”

“Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.”

“Most of the books that I've written have been focused on, sort of, the individual, and sort of, either a voice, a personal voice, or a kind of transforming event where they step forward to fight for something they value.”

“John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.”

“I've been a Democrat all my life.”